基因敲除
血脑屏障
基因沉默
体内
生物
细胞生物学
小干扰RNA
癌症研究
核糖核酸
化学
中枢神经系统
基因
生物化学
生物技术
神经科学
作者
Chunying Wang,Yu Yang,Cong Li,Yunfei Jiang,Ning Du,Hui Zhang
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.mvr.2021.104225
摘要
Blood-brain barrier (BBB) damage is closely related to various neurological disorders, including bacterial meningitis (BM). Determining a reliable strategy to prevent BBB damage in the context of infection would be highly desirable. In the present study, we investigated the implications of the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript 1 (NEAT1) in moderating BBB damage. In vitro BBB models were developed by co-culturing hCMEC/D3 cells with glioma cells, whereupon the glioma-exposed endothelial cells (GECs) were treated with a series of mimics, inhibitors, overexpression plasmids, and shRNAs for evaluating whether NEAT1, microRNA-135a (miR-135a) and hypoxia-inducible factor 1α (HIF1α) mediated BBB integrity and permeability. Furthermore, the in vivo biological function of NEAT1 was validated in a mouse model of BBB damage. NEAT1 and HIF1α were determined to be up-regulated, while miR-135a was under-expressed in GECs. As demonstrated by chromatin immunoprecipitation and dual-luciferase reporter assays, NEAT1 could bind to miR-135a, and HIF1α was confirmed as a target of miR-135a. Either overexpression of NEAT1 or depletion of miR-135a impaired the integrity and augmented the permeability of BBB. However, HIF1α silencing could reverse the BBB damage induced by NEAT1 overexpression or by inhibition of miR-135a. In vivo experiments substantiated that knockdown of NEAT1 could alleviate BBB damage in living mice. Hence, NEAT1 knockdown prevents BBB disruption and exerts promise as a potential target for BM treatment.
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